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2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$13,307 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 9,682 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in Minnesota to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Education Master's Degree Schools

#1

Martin Luther College

New Ulm, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Martin Luther College the best value school in Minnesota for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of New Ulm, MLC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MLC are $5,400 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Winona State University is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Winona State are $8,756 a year.

Winona State also took the #4 spot in our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southwest Minnesota State University is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Marshall, Southwest Minnesota State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southwest Minnesota State University are $8,818 a year.

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#5

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 18 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamline University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Hamline graduate students pay an average of $10,402 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, Bemidji State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their master’s degree. Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the town of Bemidji.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bemidji State University are $9,586 a year.

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#6

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Saint Cloud State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree education programs. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Cloud State University are $9,192 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, Concordia University, Saint Paul did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Moorhead.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 per year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 4,776
Iowa 3,392
South Dakota 1,045
Missouri 7,906
Nebraska 4,167
North Dakota 1,291

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

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